An experimental space combining individual and social performances.
This report describes several primate environments in which two or more animals shared a common social area. Automatic programming was used to permit concurrent individual sessions. Some of the behavioral phenomena observed in these environments, including reinforcing properties of social interactions, are discussed.
D000374:Aggression; D000818:Animals; D001070:Appetitive Behavior; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D003216:Conditioning, Operant; D004777:Environment; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011589:Psychology, Experimental; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal